The road is being cleared for all-star defenceman Tomas Kaberle to be shipped out of town.

The Maple Leafs veteran earlier had agreed to waive the no-trade clause in his contract and Sun Media now has learned that Kaberle's agent has agreed to submit a list to general manager Brian Burke of at least 10 teams to which the Leaf would be willing to be dealt.

The trade deadline is March 4 and Kaberle, who this season moved into third place in career scoring by a Leafs defenceman, would attract the best return for Burke, likely a first-round draft pick and/or prospects.

Kaberle, 31, has two more seasons left on a contract that will pay him roughly $4.25 million US per season. If the Leafs fail to make the playoffs -- a likely scenario -- Burke can trade Kaberle and fellow Czech defenceman Pavel Kubina between June 26 and Aug. 15 without their approval.

Seeing that a playoff spot is a long shot, the agents for Kaberle and Kubina might want to set the table for a trade by negotiating with Burke. That way, they at least have some control over where their players will land.

As for Kubina, another former NHL all-star, who is playing in his third season with the Leafs, sources indicate that his agent is willing to talk to Burke about a possible trade, though the two sides haven't discussed making a similar list of possible destinations.

Following yesterday's team skills competition at the Air Canada Centre, Kubina reiterated he is willing to waive his no-trade clause, even though Burke hasn't specifically asked either player to do so.

"I said I don't want to go anywhere and it's an honour for me to play for this team," said Kubina, who won both the hardest shot and shooting accuracy events yesterday. "I said if Brian and (head coach) Ron Wilson want me on this team, then I'll be more than happy to stay. But I said if they don't want me in here, I don't want to stay."

Kubina, who played one of his stronger games of the season in Toronto's 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday at the ACC, has not had a great campaign this season. He has eight goals and 20 assists in 56 games (second among defencemen to Kaberle, who has 30 points), but is a minus-9 and appears to have lost a step.

Kubina, who helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup in 2004, has one more year left on his Leafs deal at about $5 million.

Kaberle, who might be back this week after suffering a broken hand during a game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche on Jan. 29, recorded his 415th point on Nov. 13 to pass Ian Turnbull on the career scoring list among Leafs defenceman.

He now has 432 points and is just 26 behind Tim Horton for second on the list. Borje Salming leads all Leafs defenceman with 768 career points.

Burke, meanwhile, denied a report out of New York last week that said he would trade anyone on the Leafs roster with the exception defencemen Luke Schenn and forwards John Mitchell and Mikhail Grabovski.